YAY! A NEW POST!

Hey guys!
Sorry it's been so freaking long. I don't have internet access AT school...so I have to make my way into the little town of Bowral to get emails and update this lil blogger.

Things have been totally amazing here. I arrived on January 28th and basically spent the day settling in. That whole week was "orientation"...aka rules etc...kinda boring, but I guess it needed to be done.
THIS week however, was WAY more interesting....I have an idea...here's a "day-in-the-life-of-Barb" thinger...

6:ooam...I wake up and get ready. I usually have about an extra half hour just to sit and have tea. A little morning chat with God while looking over the river in the BEAUTIFUL Southern Highlands of Australia.
Brekkie is at 7:30am....toast and cereal..EVERYDAY...gets monotonous...but yummy because I have SO much vegemite.
Lectures go from about 8:30am to about 12:30pm....with Morning Tea at about10:30am...Lunch is at 1pm...and then we're off from lunch to Tea..which is at 6pm. After tea we usually have another lecture starting at 7:30pm and ending at 8:15pm....except Fri-Sun because thats the weekend....Curfew is at 10:30 on weekdays....midnight on weekends....Wednesdays are different because its WORK DAY! YIPPEE! We have to clean everything and do gardening and ... basically everything that you could wanna do at a house gets done by the 52 students once a week.

That is my bubble.
I love it.

In fact....I wanna stay for second semester...except Im poor...so feel free to sponsor me if you'd like! :D

I have made some AMAZING friends here...I have Sarah, Shereen, Melissa and Rochelle...like my best buddies....Along with Kevin and Evan and Joel..
That is my groupie pack....but I love everyone here and I would really love to put all of their names in that. It's so inspiring to be able to be with a bunch of christians 24/7 knowing that they are praying for you and that they're there for you no matter what. My roomate (also named Melissa....) is awesome as well...Things probably couldn't be better...

....and I know you girls are wondering.....

....no I don't have a husband yet.....

Happy Australia Day!

Ahh....Australia Day..A Day to sit in your boat on the harbour and embrace the sunshine while thanking God for the finer things in life...
Like cutesey lil animals



Vegemite (MMmmm..going to go eat some right now..)

The TV shows....like "Scrubs" and "Kath and Kim"
(though it seems they're all Futurama/Simpson's/family guy fans here)

Not enough awesome Aussie things to be stoked for this Jan 26th??

How about the fact that God himself placed 17 of the TOP 22 MOST VENOMOUS SNAKES in Australia (Including the top 10)

Or the spiders that can kill you in less than 3 seconds....

Hmm..okay. Maybe that's not so awesome..

But we have GORGEOUS beaches and no sun-tan oil needed! (Also highest precent of skin cancer in the world.... :S)

We have tennis and cricket...No hockey, football, basketball....bobsleds....
(MMmmm Lleyton Hewitt...)

We have something amazing called Tim Tams..I suggest you order them in..
Chocolate wafers with chocolate goodness inside....

There is, however, one thing that may actually drive me back to the frozen wasteland which is Canada....

There is NOWHERE in Australia (besides SubWay) where you can get ranch dressing.

So it's official...

Im a lobster...

Im so burned now...hahaha. Today me and Dave and Dan (a friend) went to the Central Coast to a beach there...it was beautiful. Water was clear and turquoise...rip was huge (aka waves) sand was soo soft...and the sun...NO OZONE...need I say more?

Anyways..every part of me is burnned..but I love it. I don't even care at all. Sunscreen does almost nothing here.

ANYWAYS...after the beach we came home...showered etc..and then went to Hillsongs church...SO HUGE. It was an awesome service..really powerful.

Mike-I couldn't help but think about your reasoning about big churches...and church in general. This place puts Center Street to shame..makes it look like a matchbox. But it was awesome. Some thing about it made it feel smallish..and people were so aweosme and welcoming. I think that must be the key to having a great BIG church.

Tomorrow Dave and I head up the Blue Mountains... Im really stoked...even though I dont have a camera...besides the few pics left on my disposable..hahaha o deary.

Tea-time for me though..(dinner)..I have yet to eat this evening and am becoming a little faint.

Peace out
Word to yo' motha